Review of Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) by Marcel A — 23 Sep 2017
A tiresome Watergate drama which, despite Liam Neeson's best efforts as the infamous Nixon-era whistleblower (not to mention the film's chilling parallels to what's happening in Washington right now), drowns in its own clumsiness and self-importance.
Employing a similar lack of finesse dramatizing the JFK assassination in 2013's 'Parkland', writer/director Peter Landesman stages every scene for maximum gravitas, using clichéd dialogue and somber piano keystrokes to drain any hint of nuance from the story.
It's almost as if Landesman doesn't trust his audience to recognize the disturbing implications of this infamous chapter in American politics, compelling him to connect all of the emotional dots for us in condescending fashion, right down to that overly-descriptive title.
You don't need to wait for Deep Throat to blow the whistle on this laboured mess...take my word for it: skip it.
This review of Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) was written by Marcel A on 23 Sep 2017.
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House has generally received mixed reviews.
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